The Road Forward.

Now that the label has been officially launched and KAP 001 is out there enjoying life, I thought I'd write a few words about upcoming activities on Cafe Kaput. At this point, KAP 002 and KAP 003 are scheduled for January and May 2011, respectively. Although I can't be any more specific at the moment about the nature of these releases, I can tell you that they're pretty much 'in the can' and ready to go.

As with the D.D.Denham album, the forthcoming releases have enjoyed a long gestation period; one project has been gently developed for most of this year and the other has been in production for four years. The label manifesto is founded on the fact that I simply refuse to release a project until it's ready; it serves no-one in the long term. Some albums take longer than others, but any given project is finished only when it's finished.

Thanks all of you, for the support so far. I hope you continue to enjoy the releases.

- Jb.

The Freak Zone, BBC 6 Music, This Sunday, 18:00 - 20:00.

If anyone enjoyed my interview with Stuart Maconie on The Freak Zone back in March this year, you may be interested to know that I've returned as Mr Maconie's guest this week. Stuart will be playing a few tracks from the new D.D. Denham album and we'll be chatting about how Cafe Kaput came to exist, broken tape recorders and home made jam (possibly).

Other topics of conversation include The Advisory Circle, of course, and we'll be playing the brand new piece 'Warm Air', from the Revised Edition of Belbury Poly's 'Farmer's Angle'.

You can listen on your radio, or on the web. There's also a 'listen again' feature available all next week, for those who can't tune in on Sunday at 18:00.

More details (including a tracklisting) here.

EDIT: If you didn't manage to tune in at the time, you can Listen Again, all this week - here.

- Jb.

Cafe Kaput in print, for the first time...

Alongside a smashing review of the Revised Edition of Farmer's Angle (hello Rev. Jim!), Joseph Stannard has fashioned a very favourable review of D.D. Denham's 'Electronic Music in the Classroom' for The Wire magazine. Very pleased. Click on the picture to read.

(many thanks to Kynaston Mass for formatting and jpeg'ing)

- Jb.

The New Delights from Ghost Box.

Time again to snap a quick polaroid, before the Rev. Jim notices that I've removed the items from the Curious Brown Leather Satchel ™. Two new Study Series singles, one featuring Belbury poly / Mordant Music and the other featuring Broadcast and The Focus Group. The reissue of the undisputed classic Farmer's Angle is also here, in an incredibly beautiful 10" vinyl format. It's never looked better.

One little curio about the Farmer's Angle 10" is that The Advisory Circle supplied a companion piece to the original 'Cool Air' track, entitled 'Warm Air'. It couldn't be called anything else really, could it? Rev. Jim locked me in a room for a week and told me to stay in there until it was finished. I was fed a dozen escargot au beurre and a half bottle of Chablis. I wasn't allowed a full bottle because Rev. Jim didn't want it to interfere with The Work.

Hmm.

All available from Friday 10th. Pre-orders are being taken here.

- Jb.

All systems go...

Today is official release day.

KAP001 - "Electronic Music in the Classroom" by D.D. Denham available on the iTunes store, Amazon and Bandcamp.

Between those three outlets, we've got all digital formats pretty much covered. If you prefer FLAC to MP3, head straight over to Bandcamp. In fact, after dealing with Bandcamp these last few days for the 'early adopter' pre-release sales, I would recommend them over any other outlet, on the strength of their ease of navigation, wide range of formats and... I just like the way the album looks up there.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has bought the early edition from Bandcamp, since the launch on Friday. Your support is really appreciated. It's not easy to run even a very small label these days, but I am encouraged by the response so far. Definitely. Thanks all.

- Jb.

D.D.Denham - 'Electronic Music in the Classroom' Now Available.

The switch has been flicked; Cafe Kaput is open for business.

D.D.Denham - 'Electronic Music in the Classroom' (KAP001) is available now from BandCamp. Formats supplied are MP3, AAC, FLAC, OGG and ALAC.

http://dddenham.bandcamp.com/

The album will also be available from iTunes and Amazon on Monday 6th and I will post updates here.

Hope you all enjoy the very first release on Cafe Kaput. :))

EDIT: Just to reassure; buying from BandCamp is a safe, easy experience. Cafe Kaput doesn't receive any of your personal data, it's all handled at the BC site.

EDIT 2: The track 'The Way the Vicar Smiles' wasn't written about the Rev. Jim. It was inspired by an image of a vicar played by the actor Peter Vaughan.

- Jb.